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Have HSBC changed their mortgage application process in the last seven months?

We have been HSBC customers for over 25 years and applied to them for a 25k mortgage about seven months ago (sale fell through). That process involved a simple call to book a telephone appointment, after which we supplied a few wage slips and waited a week or so for the offer.

This time, I must provide pension projections, driving licence, passport, and numerous other documents and information that HSBC already hold, or have had sight of, before I can even get a telephone appointment.


If I want to skip the two-hour appointment and forgo any mis-selling protection, I am asked to complete an extensive online application form answering questions HSBC already have the answers to.

Any ideas from other HSBC applicants who are also existing HSBC customers?


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